Dr. Song received her undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a major in chemistry and minors in biology and music. She received her medical degree from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, where received the Howard Hughes Research Training Fellowship grant.
Dr. Song completed her postgraduate training in ophthalmology at the Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, FL, which was ranked the #1 ophthalmology program by U.S. News & World Report. She was the recipient of the Pan-American Clinical Scholarship, which gave her the opportunity to travel to Lima, Peru, and work with ophthalmologists there. She then completed an extensive, competitive 2-year American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) fellowship in ophthalmic plastic, orbital, and reconstructive surgery at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, IA. She was in private practice in New York, where she was clinical instructor at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. Then, she became Assistant Professor and Director of Oculoplastics at Loma Linda University.
She is a fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology and a member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Song has lectured extensively at universities and teaches eyelid/blepharoplasty courses at major ophthalmology meetings, including the American Academy of Ophthalmology. She has also published extensively in peer-reviewed medical journals (see Publications, Research section).
Dr. Song volunteers with the Flying Samaritans and other organizations in Mexico to provide oculoplastics and ophthalmology care.
In her spare time, she is a flutist in the Los Angeles Doctors' Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Monica Civic Light Orchestra. She volunteers with Reading to Kids. She also enjoys singing, playing the piano, running, and swimming and is also a triathlete.
